Bulb tee clip



Nov. 24, 1959 H. BOCK BULB TEE CLIP Filed Feb. 25

INVENTOR Li I.

HENRY BOCK ATTORNEYS- United States Patent BULB TEE CLIP Henry Bock,Elizabeth, NJ.

Application February 25, 1958, Serial No. 717,344

1 Claim. (Cl. 189-35) This invention is a bulb tee clip, adapted forquick and ready anchorage to a bulb tee, the clip having extensions toengage and bite into adjacent edges of panels, wall board, buildingslabs and the like.

A bulb tee, in cross section, usually comprises a vertical web, which atthe top is provided with a widened head and at the bottom with a lateralbase flange.

The bulb tee clip of the present invention is of malleable metal and ofa generally dihedral shape, in cross section, and is adapted to engageover the head of the bulb tee; the clip is applied over the bulb tee, aswith a hammer, the clip being provided with extensions which pass overand around the head of the bulb tee and engage under such head, therebyanchoring the clip to the bulb tee, this hammering operation flatteningthe dihedral to a nearly flat form.

The clip also has lateral extensions which, when the clip is beingapplied to the bulb tee, bite into adjacent edges of panels, wall boardor the like, so that as the clip is hammered into place, theseextensions engage with such adjacent edges and anchor the panels to theclip and to the bulb tee.

The further features of the invention will be described in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the bulb tee clip of the presentinvention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is an end view of the same;

Fig. 4 is a side view, showing the clip just before applying to a bulbtee; and

Fig. 5 is an end view, partly in section, showing the clip in appliedposition.

The clip is made of malleable sheet metal, the several parts beingpreferably integral, and comprises a main portion 2, the two parts ofwhich extend laterally upwardly from a center line 4 to form a dihedralangle 6.

Portions 2 are provided with extensions or wings 8,

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which terminate in downwardly bent flanges 10, preferably aboutperpendicular to extensions 8.

The central part of the clip is cut out to provide two downwardlyextending anchors 12, which terminate in integral inwardly extendingflanges 14. The flanges 14 extend for the full length of anchors 12, forproviding an anchorage extending the full length of said anchors.

A typical bulb tee to which the clip is applied comprises a central web16, an enlarged head 18 and a base 20.

In operation, a pair of panels, wall boards or the like 22 are placedalong side the bulb tee and the clip is applied as in Fig. 4 andhammered into place as in Fig. 5. This flattens, or nearly flattens, thedihedral angle, and causes the terminal flanges 10 to bite into thepanels 22, thereby securing the panels to the clip. In the sameoperation, anchors 12 pass down along side head 18 of the bulb tee andthe terminal flanges 14 snap under head 18, thereby anchoring the clipto such head and securing the panels 22 to the bulb tee.

While the clip has been described in detail, it should be understoodthat changes may be made within the scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

An integral, one piece attachment for gripping a bulb tee, comprising acentral body portion of malleable sheet metal extending upwardly at adihedral angle, said central body portion having two downwardlyextending anchors integral therewith, each such anchor terminating in aninwardly bent flange, said flanges extending toward each other, eachflange extending for the full length of its corresponding anchor, saidcentral body portion further having integral outward extensions,extending laterally and upwardly at a dihedral angle, each of saidextensions terminating in a downwardly bent terminal flange, whereby,when the attachment is hammered into place onto a bulb tee, the dihedralangle is flattened, the two downwardly extending anchors and theirflanges engage around and under the bulb tee and the lateral extensionsare flattened and their terminal flanges bite into the panel or boardmaterial to be anchored to the bulb tee.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,783,248 Loucks Dec. 2, 1930 2,230,923 Barry Feb. 4, 1941 FOREIGNPATENTS 745,391 Great Britain Feb. 22, 1956

